Today we have some older photos to show you from the Central American mission trip that Jim Bob Duggar took with his five oldest daughters four years ago. Why the random throwback post? You'll soon understand. :)

We posted these pictures back in 2013, but in light of the recent courtship announcement, we want to highlight a few of them. Do you recognize the girl who appears in all the snapshots below?

Since Kendra went on this trip with the Duggars, I'm sure her sister chaperoned her. With a crowd this size, what and where were her accommodations? I'm sure she didn't sleep in the bus with Jim Bob and the Duggars. Where did Kendra and her sister sleep on this trip? How about Jinger & Jeremy, and the other married ones?

We've seen the kids all sleeping dorm-like on the floor of a church or a center where they hold church services. I think they use mats and sleeping bags. I don't remember seeing if the boys were separated from the girls there. I'm sure it's all on the up and up and chaperoned.

Wow! It's crazy to think. When these pics were taken non of the girls were married yet. Now 3 of them are. 2 are now moms. And 2 more will wed before the year's end. So excited for new seasons of Counting On. So much happening.

Um, no. Look at Derick and Jermey, Jill and Jinger didn't know them until about two years before they married them. Are you saying that Joseph and Kendra shouldn't get married since they've know each other since they were young teens? Your logic is flawed.

Beautiful girl! Ive also seen her on past episodes of Counting on like Joy's, Jedidiah's, and Jeremiah's gradation. She's standing behind her sister when Joy starts talking to everyone at the party. While on the subject you can see Austin in the crowd of people when Jill, Derick, and Israel come home on a past season.

I don't understand the "Hope for the Hopeless" slogan on the shirts. First, I wouldn't like being called "hopeless" by some outsider. Second, you need to bring something like a storehouse of food and seeds for my village, and some major infrastructure changes like a school with teachers and a water pumping and purification plant, if you want to make my life hopeful. What long-term good is a Bible verse and a lollipop and a hug when those people are dirt poor and barely scraping by? Everybody smile for the camera and don't think about that! This one's going on the cover of the next newsletter!

Hope for the hopeless is the slogan for SOS ministries. They do provide clean water and things like that (but I won't list them because I don't have them memorized;) Most importantly, they spread the Good News of Jesus Christ throughout the world. Only HE provides true hope and joy in one's life. No school or seeds could provide true hope, but they do help people in those ways to gain trust and help them.

I have every right to complain when I see something that annoys me. I give to UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders, The Smile Train, etc. If I were physically able to help in person, I would be on that next plane. With real help, not tracts.

What do you do to help the world be a better place, 6:07? I don't mean criticizing others, because that's not helpful.

I ❤️ her last name. It's the same as my maiden last name. Who knows we Courtney related because my family originated from Clinton N. Carolina. My grandfather was a doctor there. She's also very beautiful.

Kendra has a beautiful smile to go with a beautiful name. She does seem genuinely nice. I hope since Joseph and Kendra are courting, that they'll make the most of this time to honestly get to know each other, not morph into what each one thinks the other expects. So many people put their best face forward trying to "win" the other person, get married, and then are surprised to find their spouse is not who or what they thought. They each owe it to themselves and each other to "keep it real", honestly be themselves. The idea, after all, is to find someone who shares your interests and passions in life and build a life together.

So weird how Jessa, Jana, Jill and even Jinger and Joy look the same back then as they do now. On the other hand, Kendra looks like a little girl. What a difference 4 years can make! She is all grown up now and beautiful! Amazing how young she looked in these though.

By my comment I mean they don't seem to age. Michelle still looks very young at 50. Now for some reason,I've seen people comment that Jill and Jessa look over 30(from past posts). I disagree with such an observation.

Are you referring to the one in a picture from a different post? I commented there too, but I think it's probably to prevent little people from getting in somewhere they don't belong. We put one on our bathroom door when our kids were little to keep them safe.

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